2015 · Dance – stage work
Change
Melecio Estrella and Andrew Ward (Fog Beast)
A roughly 50-minute dance-theater musical with live rock music about climate change. It follows the scientific, emotional and physical paths of humans and animals in a warming world, made with climate scientist Dr. Andrew Jones.
- Premiere
- 2015-11-13
- Venue
- Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
- Where
- Berkeley, CA
- Performances
- Run of Nov 13-15 and 20-22, 2015. Excerpts (three songs) performed at Headlands Center for the Arts' climate art residency/conference, about early Sept 2016, by Melecio Estrella, Kristen Greco and Ben Juodvalkis. A Feb 2016 Ashby Stage run was discussed, but it is unconfirmed whether it happened.
- Credits
- Co-founders/performers: Melecio Estrella, Andrew Ward. Performers: Caroline Alexander, Kristen Greco. Composer/multi-instrumentalist: Ben Juodvalkis. Staging: Heather Basarab. Science consultant: Dr. Andrew Jones. Photos: Jessica Swanson. Animation: Andy (andyandy@me.com). Musician: Gabe (gride9000@gmail.com).
Press
“pounding out magical percussion on his Thermos, his cooler and a half-full – or is it half-empty? – Mason jar”
Elsewhere
- Fog Beast – CHANGE – San Francisco — DanceTabs, 2015-11-15
- Works — Fog Beast — Fog Beast